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Top 15 sex scandals involving Indian politicians

New Delhi: Politics and sex always become an explosive cocktail, and there have been umpteen number of cases of politicians being involved in sex scandals across the world. Many politicians consider political power to be the

 

8. Sanjay Joshi sex scandal (2005):

Sanjay Joshi, the then general secretary of BJP, was hugely embarrassed when an audio cassette and a VCD , allegedly showing him in compromising position with a woman ,surfaced  in 2005.

Sanjay Joshi was a RSS prachark  and he was known for his tough and no-nonsense approach. It was said that the CD was an outcome of intra-party rivalry. Fingers were also raised at Narendra Modi with whom Joshi had fell out owing to sharp differences.

The cassette had the voices of Joshi and the woman was talking about unfulfilled promises.

Sanjay Joshi had to resign from his post. He was later rehabilitated in the party but the stigma never allowed him to regain his authority and command.